November 2004 archives

November 13, 2004 by Patti

Conductive Organizations

I had the pleasure last year of working with Hubert Saint-Onge and one of my clients. Hubert is known to many as one of the gurus of knowledge management, and particularly for his work in communities of practice. I have used his models extensively and always learn from hearing and speaking with him. His latest [...]

November 13, 2004 by Patti

Niche Communities November 17

Mark Bonchek sent a text summary of an article on building niche communities by Steven Van Yoder and David Steele. It had interesting insights on building a “niche community” as part of a marketing strategy for business development. The Get Slightly Famous Web site has some provacative materials. The “teleclass” on Building Niche Communities is [...]

November 3, 2004 by Patti

Live from UVA

The Leading in a Connected World conference has kicked off in Charlottesville, Virginia at the University of Virginia. Today’s appetizer is an SNA tutorial, which I am attending just for the benefit of being in the room (and making connections). Rob Cross, Andrew Parker, and Valdis Krebs envisioned that about 20 or so people would [...]